CES 2012 Week
We can't call Acer's newly announced slimline 14in and 15in Aspire Timeline Ultra laptops 'Ultrabooks' - that's an Intel trademark for a well-defined class of machine.
So how about 'skinnybook'?
Acer didn't specify the either Timeline Ultra's thickness, but they'll be impressively slim if the pics are anything …

A great design, let down with a bog-standard 1366x768 screen once again! Come on guys, if you are going to the trouble to design a good looking machine, the screen quality and resolution needs to match it!

Smart sleep tech

"Acer calls it "Green Instant On" - allows the machines to come awake in 1.5 seconds and "ensures battery life that lasts several weeks","

I expect I will be marked as an Apple fanboi (which I am not) but this seems to describe my vintage Macbook Pro which is five years old. I just shut the lid and walk away. As soon as it re-opens it works. I have never timed it but it feels like less than 1.5 seconds. Is Acer going to be sued?